Ethics In Ancient Israel
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Ethics In Ancient Israel
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
Ethics In Ancient Israel written by John Barton and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Philosophy categories.
Ethics in Ancient Israel is a study of ethical thinking in ancient Israel from around the eighth to the second century BC. The evidence for this consists primarily of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha, but also other ancient Jewish writings such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and various anonymous and pseudonymous texts from shortly before the New Testament period. Professor John Barton argues that there were several models for thinking about ethics, including a 'divine command' theory, something approximating to natural law, a virtue ethic, and a belief in human custom and convention. Moreover, he examines ideas of reward and punishment, purity and impurity, the status of moral agents and patients, imitation of God, and the image of God in humanity. Barton maintains that ethical thinking can be found not only in laws but also in the wisdom literature, in the Psalms, and in narrative texts. There is much interaction with recent scholarship in both English and German. The book features discussion of comparative material from other ancient Near Eastern cultures and a chapter on short summaries of moral teaching, such as the Ten Commandments. This innovative work should be of interest to those concerned with the interpretation of the Old Testament but also to students of ethics.
Theory And Practice In Old Testament Ethics
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Author : John William Rogerson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Theory And Practice In Old Testament Ethics written by John William Rogerson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Religion categories.
In the last two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in the value of the Old Testament for modern ethical questions. John Rogerson is a scholar who has dedicated much of is academic life to probing the possibility of the abiding significance of the Old Testament for moral issues today. This volume brings together for the first time many of his contributions--both published and unpublished -- to Old Testament social ethics. This volume can serve both as a general reference work as well as a textbook for classes in Old Testament ethics at seminaries and theological colleges.
Ethics And The Old Testament
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Ethics And The Old Testament written by John Barton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.
Establishing the relevance of Old Testament ethics to contemporary life is an uphill task, but by the en d of Barton''s book it is clear that although the Old Testame nt comes to us from a remote context it still has some evoca tive things to say. '
Ezekiel And The Ethics Of Exile
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Author : Andrew Mein
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-01-05
Ezekiel And The Ethics Of Exile written by Andrew Mein and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-05 with Religion categories.
Whereas much recent work on the ethics of the Hebrew Bible addresses the theological task of using the Bible as a moral resource for today, this book aims to set Ezekiel's ethics firmly in the social and historical context of the Babylonian Exile. The two 'moral worlds' of Jerusalem and Babylonia provide the key. Ezekiel explains the disaster in terms familiar to his audience's past experience as members of Judah's political elite. He also provides ethical strategies for coping with the more limited possibilities of life in Babylonia, which include the ritualization of ethics, an increasing emphasis on the domestic and personal sphere of action, and a shift towards human passivity in the face of restoration. Thus the prophet's moral concerns and priorities are substantially shaped by the social experience of deportation and resettlement. They also represent a creative response to the crisis, providing significant impetus for social cohesion and the maintenance of a distinctively Jewish community.
Understanding Old Testament Ethics
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Author : John Barton
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Understanding Old Testament Ethics written by John Barton and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Religion categories.
Written by one of the world's most widely respected biblical scholars, this volume sets out detailed recommendations for the future of the discipline.
War In The Hebrew Bible
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Author : Susan Niditch
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1995-06-29
War In The Hebrew Bible written by Susan Niditch and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-29 with Bibles categories.
Texts about war pervade the Hebrew Bible, raising challenging questions in religious and political ethics. The war passages that readers find most disquieting are those in which God demands the total annihilation of the enemy without regard to gender, age, or military status. The ideology of the "ban," however, is only one among a range of attitudes towards war preserved in the ancient Israelite literary tradition. Applying insights from anthropology, comparative literature, and feminist studies, Niditch considers a wide spectrum of war ideologies in the Hebrew Bible, seeking in each case to discover why and how these views might have made sense to biblical writers, who themselves can be seen to wrestle with the ethics of violence. The study of war thus also illuminates the social and cultural history of Israel, as war texts are found to map the world views of biblical writers from various periods and settings. Reviewing ways in which modern scholars have interpreted this controversial material, Niditch sheds further light on the normative assumptions that shape our understanding of ancient Israel. More widely, this work explores how human beings attempt to justify killing and violence while concentrating on the tones, textures, meanings, and messages of a particular corpus in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Glimpses Of A Strange Land
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Author : Cyril S. Rodd
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2001-08-02
Glimpses Of A Strange Land written by Cyril S. Rodd and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-02 with Religion categories.
In this challenging book Cyril Rodd questions many of the assumptions that lie behind recent studies of Old Testament ethics. He views the 'strangeness' of the biblical world and wonders whether there is an Old Testament ethics in the modern sense of the word - finding rather that the Old Testament writers did not regard many of today's ethical dilemmas as problems at all.Dr Rodd examines all the Old Testament writings on five ethical issues: the poor, war, treatment of animals, ecology and the position of women. He considers their validity and relevance for today and discusses the extent to which they can be referred to for authority - or for inspiration and guidance..
Land Tenure And The Biblical Jubilee
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Author : Jeffrey A. Fager
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Land Tenure And The Biblical Jubilee written by Jeffrey A. Fager and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with Religion categories.
The biblical jubilee represents one of the most radical programmes for land reform from the ancient Near East, yet it was never practised in ancient Israel. What then is the meaning of this sacred law that was never enforced? This cogently argued book attempts to answer that question by using the tools of sociological analysis. Fager examines three levels of meaning within the jubilee legislation, which was produced by the priestly intellectuals during the period of exile. The actual words of the text carry one meaning and the priests intended a slightly different meaning, but underlying both was a moral world view that guided them. The laws of the biblical jubilee thus enable us to examine the deepest level of the ancient Israelites' understanding of land and justice.
Ancient Jewish Philosophy
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Author : Israel Efros
language : en
Publisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 1964
Ancient Jewish Philosophy written by Israel Efros and has been published by Detroit : Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Philosophy categories.
The Way Of Israel
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Author : James Muilenburg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Way Of Israel written by James Muilenburg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Bible categories.
Many modern books have emphasized all that Israel owed to her neighbours; this author rather brings out the uniqueness of her heritage. For a full understanding of the Old Testament we need to remember both. But what gives the book its relevance to the modern world is its uniqueness. It comes not alone from the distant past, but from God.